In the 1901 England census, 30 yr. old Frances Matthews, b. in Yorkshire, England, was living in London, England (Civil parish and registration district: Greenwich and Ecclesiastical parish: St Alphage) with her
48 yr. old husband, Frank Matthews, b. in Islington, a residential district of London
5 yr. old daughter, Eva Matthews, b. in Newington (a district in south London, south of the Thames River), England
3 yr. old son, Frank Matthews, b. in Stockwell (a district in southwest London, part of the London Borough of Lambeth), England
2 yr. old daughter, Hone (Nora possibly?) Matthews, b. in Fulham (a borough in West London), England

Frank and Frances Matthews had 6 children (according to the 1910 census. Five are listed in Frank's 1913 Petition for Naturalization):
1. * Eva Winifred Matthews, b. Mar. 1, 1896 at London, England and d. Nov. 14, 1989 in Los Angeles County, CA. Eva marr. Charles H. Brodhag.
2. Leonard Francis "Frank" Matthews, b. Aug. 11, 1897 at London, England
3. Norah Louise Matthews, b. Dec. 14, 1898 at London, England
4. John "Jack" Rowland Matthews, b. Aug. 09, 1901 at London, England
5. * Margaret/Margareta "Daisy" Ramona Matthews, b. Aug. 27, 1909 at Los Angeles, CA. and d. Dec. 2, 1996 in Los Angeles County, CA.

In the Apr. 27, 1910 U. S. census, 36 yr. old Frances A Matthews, b. in England, was living in a rented home at 1212 San Pedro St. in Los Angeles Assembly District 72, Los Angeles county, CA. with her
54 yr. old husband, Frank Matthews, a self-employed Laundryman, b. in England
14 yr. old daughter, attending school, Eva W Matthews, b. in England
12 yr. old son, Frank L Matthews, attending school, b. in England
11 yr. old daughter, Nora L Matthews, attending school, b. in England
8 yr. old son, John R Matthews, attending school, b. in England
8 mth. old daughter, Margareta R Matthews, b. in CA.
and three lodgers: 56 yr. old Thomas D Smith, 54 yr. old Horatio N Macher & 44 yr. old Sarah E Macher
Frank's parents were both b. in England.
According to the census, Frank, Frances and the first four children listed above immigrated to the U. S. in 1904. Frank was not yet a naturalized citizen.
This was a first marriage for Frank and Frances. They had been married for 15 years.
Frances was the mother of 6 children, only 5 still alive.

The Long Beach Press (Long Beach, CA.), P. 1, Col. 5-6
ONE LOS ANGELES FAMILY ON WHICH THE BURDEN OF CALAMITY RESTS HEAVILY
As a representative of the Citizens' Relief committee, George H. Marshall yesterday attended in Los Angeles the funeral service held in memory of Mrs. Frank Matthews, one of the victims of the pier disaster of May 24, The service was held at the undertaking rooms of Paris and Carmichael, Tenth and Flower streets.
The Matthews family was one on which the blow of the calamity fell heavily, as, in addition to the death of Mrs. Matthews, the husband and father, now 60 years of age, is at the Good Samaritan hospital, suffering from a compound fracture of one leg and with the other broken in two places. Mrs. Matthews, who was much younger than her husband, was in reality the mainstay of the family as she earned the greater part of the living by doing fine laundry work.
Marshall assured the injured and broken-spirited man that his family would be looked after by the Relief Committee; and then he visited the Matthews' home, 2115 San Pedro street.
There are five children in the family, ranging in ages from 17 years down to three and a half. The oldest is a girl; but there is a 16-year-old boy, Frank, who, in this crisis, has come to the front and has as far as possible, taken up the burden of the family's support. If there is a single feature connected with this family's sad plight, said Marshall, it is to be found in the manliness with which this boy has assumed the weight of the burden now resting upon his shoulders.
Marshall also called attention to the fact that the Matthews family is in extreme limited circumstances at best. The house rent falls due June 1 and the need for immediate relief, which will be furnished by the Relief Committee, is imperative.

THRONG OF 25,000 THROWN INTO WILD PANIC AFTER DISASTER NEAR LOS ANGELES.
MOST OF VICTIMS WOMEN.
Tragedy Occurs at Celebration of "Empire Day" In Honor of Queen Victoria's Anniversary.
Special to The New York Times.
Long Beach, Cal., May 24 - While 10,000 persons were massed on a double-deck pier in front of the City Auditorium to-day, celebrating "British Empire Day," a section of the upper floor gave way and 400 were plunged to the beach, forty feet below. Those on the top deck fell upon the hundreds crowded on the lower deck, and all were dashed down a chute of shattered woodwork to the tide-washed sands.
Thirty-three persons - mostly women - were killed by the shivered timbers or crushed to death by the falling bodies of companions and friends. Fifty more were seriously injured, while hysteria and fright caused the disabling of scores of others. The total number of injured may reach 200.
A section of the auditorium which went down in the crash was added to the wreckage that fell of top of the injured and the dead.
Nearly all the dead and injured were residents of Los Angeles or its vicinity, and most of them were subjects or former subjects of Great Britain.